No, this is a bad comparison. First of all I don't really see what Afghanistan has to do with it, it's not like Afghanistan is some kind of magical jinx. Perestroika was under way long before the withdrawal. But the USSR was a union of disparate nations which had substantial and growing nationalist movements, huge external and internal pressure and a rapidly deteriorating economy to go with it. None of this is the case with the US, people meme a lot but the US is still immensely powerful and the hub of global capitalism. Memes are good but let's not forget that.
USSR fell apart mere years after their retreat from Afghanistan.
Not even the CIA saw that coming.
Collapse can hit hard and it can hit fast.
No, this is a bad comparison. First of all I don't really see what Afghanistan has to do with it, it's not like Afghanistan is some kind of magical jinx. Perestroika was under way long before the withdrawal. But the USSR was a union of disparate nations which had substantial and growing nationalist movements, huge external and internal pressure and a rapidly deteriorating economy to go with it. None of this is the case with the US, people meme a lot but the US is still immensely powerful and the hub of global capitalism. Memes are good but let's not forget that.